28 THE FLORIST. 
the mountains in the province of Chekiang, 3000 feet above the sea, did not 
see it in bloom, but the ground beneath the plants was strewn with fallen 
blossoms in too decayed a condition for examination. 
SALVIA DASYANTHA Labiate. An ornamental stove or greenhouse sub-shrub; 
stem four-angled ; leaves cordate, ovate-lanceolate, coarsely toothed; flowers 
in elongate racemes, showy rosy scarlet. New Granada. MM. Linden. 
SPRAGUEA UMBELLATA. (Bot. Mag. 5143). Portulacacee. A curious and 
pretty dwarf herbaceous perennial, novel in character, free flowering, and 
very well suited for rockwork or the margins of flower-borders; at Exeter 
it has proved hardy. Leaves rosulate, spathulate, fleshy ; flowering stems 
with a few smaller leaves, terminated by a compound umbel of many rays, 
the partial ones bearing three to four secund, crest-like, scorpioid spikes; 
flowers closely imbricated, two-ranked; the two large scarious sepals are 
whitish and persistent; the petals rosy lake, just protruding ; the anthers 
purple, so that the flower-spikes appear to be white, dotted with purple. 
California. Messrs. Veitch and others. 
STATICE BRASSICHFOLIA. Plumbaginacee. An elegant greenhouse herbaceous . 
plant ; stems winged; leaves lyrately pinnatifid below; flowers white, 
seated in a purple calyx. Canary Islands. ; 
SyRInGA oBLETA. (Gard. Chron. 1859, 868). Oleaceaz. A fine hardy deci- 
duous shrub, about the size of the common Lilac, but more tree-like in 
habit; leaves large, fleshy, oblately cordate, as broad as long ; flowers freely 
produced and very ornamental, about half as large as in the common sort, 
arranged in a thin loose panicle. There are purple-flowered and white- 
flowered varieties, both introduced by Mr. Fortune; the former now 
in the possession of Mr. Glendinning, the latter with Messrs. E. G. 
Henderson and Son. . 
TROPZOLUM MAJUS v. NANUM LUTEUM. Tropeolacew. The habit of this 
variety, known as the ‘* Yellow Tom Thumb,” is dwarf and compact; the 
flowers of aclear golden yellow. A useful flower-garden and bedding plant. 
Messrs. Carter & Co. 
CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH. 
Forcing-ground. Give air in fine weather to Asparagus and Rhu- 
barb, and attend to the linings for these, as well as Seakale when forced 
in the open ground ; a succession of Asparagus roots should be placed 
in the forcing pits, and covered to the depth of six inches with light 
sifted soil, and well watered when finished. Place some Ash-leaf Kidney 
Potatoes in a gentle heat to start for planting in pits, and some may be 
put into pots and placed on the Peach-house borders.Sow a succession 
of French Beans in pots, and maintain a good heat to those coming into 
bearing. Prepare a slight hotbed for sowing French Horn Carrot and 
Wood’s Early Frame Radish; sow Royal Dwarf Peas in pits or in pots, 
and draw the lights off every fine day as soon as they are up. Bring 
into heat a few plants of Tarragon Mint and Chivés, and sow Basit 
occasionally ; also keep up a supply, of small salad by sowing every few 
days. Cucumbers require great care at this season, and without a good 
command of heat it is useless to attempt their growth, as they require 
a night temperature of 70°, with increase of 10°, through the day, and 
every advantage taken of sun-heat by closing the house early. Use 
water sparingly, so that the plants do not get soddened. Use sulphur 
if any sign of mildew show itself on the leaves, and destroy green-fly 
